ALBANY—Prominent Republicans are saying that Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava betrayed the party when she endorsed Bill Owens, the Democratic Party’s pick to replace John McHugh in Congress, and there’s a possibility Scozzafava will be dressed down in her legislative conference.
“After the campaign’s over with we’ll be sitting down with Dede and having Read More
ALBANY—As much as the fight in the 23rd Congressional district is ideological, it’s also becoming a local-versus-national fight, with support for Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party’s nominee, coming from beyond the 11-county district and local Republicans generally standing by Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava.
Newt Gingrich touched on this earlier this week, when he Read More
ALBANY—The mid-year budget deficit has now grown to $3.2 billion, and an estimated $6.8 billion next year, David Paterson said at a leaders meeting.
“We now have a $10 billion budget deficit. The plan that I issued just two weeks ago reduces that deficit by half,” Paterson said. “In this period of time, I Read More
ALBANY—David Paterson just said at a leaders meeting that he expects the budget gap to grow to $3 billion, and called on legislative leaders to a special session to deal with the problem, post haste. Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson disagreed.
"We fear that the encumbrance could be as much as an additional billion dollars," Read More
CLIFTON PARK—Ed Cox will swing through the Finger Lakes and central New York in coming weeks as part of a "listening tour" in advance of a possible run for state Republican chairman.
He will attend a mini-summit arranged by Jay Dutcher, the Ontario County party chairman, including Cox and other chairs and activists from Read More
ALBANY—In a televised address airing 10 minutes after David Paterson named Richard Ravitch as lieutenant governor, State Senator Dean Skelos, the chamber's top Republican, attacked.
"Sadly, once again, the governor has put his political career ahead of you, the public," Skelos said. "I don't want to take this time to talk about whether the Read More
ALBANY—In a televised address airing 10 minutes after David Paterson named Richard Ravitch as lieutenant governor, State Senator Dean Skelos, the chamber’s top Republican, attacked.
“Sadly, once again, the governor has put his political career ahead of you, the public,” Skelos said. “I don’t want to take this time to talk about whether the Read More
ALBANY—Amid the chaos in the State Senate, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb offers this to get headlines: calling on David Letterman to resign.
Kolb, in a letter to CBS head Les Moonves, decried off-color jokes Letterman made about Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on air, and specifically sexual innuendo about her 14-year-old daughter.
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ALBANY—Amid the chaos in the State Senate, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb offers this to get headlines: calling on David Letterman to resign.
Kolb, in a letter to CBS head Les Moonves, decried off-color jokes Letterman made about Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on air, and specifically sexual innuendo about her 14-year-old daughter.
Letterman Read More
Now that Obama has John McHugh, can Democrats manage to win another upstate congressional Read More
